Pay off mortgage and start having even more fun 😁

daisy_1571

😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 🤣 
Dxxxx

newgirly

I don’t know what you mean 😜

Daisy I did have a list in my head but it’s now an actual list of what’s left to buy 😬 it should be more or less covered but I’ve put chocolate at the top of the list just to be on the safe side, priorities need to be right. 

Today has seen a lot of time wasting, at the gp and the chemist. My flu/Covid jabs booking was only for flu , apparently they did joint jabs yesterday and are doing them tomorrow but wouldn’t do today so I just had one?! Managed to get an appointment for tomorrow for the Covid one but they were unsure if they would have run our or not so I’m going anyway 😆 my repeat prescription is yet again for two weeks and yet again I was asked why I’ve run out again already- I use two weeks worth over the course of two weeks 😒 plus I need to take my physical book from hospital to the doctors to be photocopied in person to get a repeat as it can’t be reordered online or even in person without the book, a right faff and it’s one I’ll be in for life. Then the chemist took 40mins to hand it over 😩

Other than that I’ve just been cooking up a what’s left over veg curry for myself and drinking hot chocolate 😊

South_coast

That's crazy on the prescriptions, completely impractical for all parties I would have thought 🤷‍♀️ I hope you're either getting them free or you've bought a pre-payment cert? The cost of a prescription is insane these days

newgirly

I know sc, doesn’t seem fair for those who are elderly and have to get there, although the receptionist says hardly anyone if on these tablets, seems a silly system though. 

Went to the boot sale for a wander this morning, £4 spent on two crystal brandy glasses to add to the collection, should have enough now I think and I found the change in an old bag so free money, plus took my own coffee as usual 😆

Dh has been doing a bit of painting downstairs today, I’ve been steaming all his holiday clothes, sounds a bit fancy but I don’t do ironing anymore at all and he rarely wears smart stuff so it’s all wedged in his wardrobe screwed up. Now it’s all done and ready to pack, it’s so much easier for men, he wears trousers a tops and stays the same size, unlike me….

I’m currently very broke in the personal spends department, down to £5.78 until about the 20th oh plus a £10 m@s voucher 😩 I may have to borrow from next months £100 personal budget. I’ve spent £99.59 / £333.33 October budget so far and have asked dd and sil round for bake off’s bread week which means olives, cheese, wine, and homemade chilli bread plus some form of dessert or sweets after, that won’t help the budget much this week, plus I will be taking dessert to a friends for dinner in Thursday, that will be something fairly simple though I think. 

Vinted selling is trickling along very slowly now and the total stands at £858.17 this is very pleasing I have to say but it still feels untouchable 😬 I should really spend it before we are mortgage free as it will probably be appreciated more at the moment not when we have extra money! But what on?! 

skint_spice

Brilliant Vinted total!

newgirly

Thanks 😊

Lots of shopping for nibbly and cheesy bits today, I can’t bear to say how much I’ve spent but the grocery budget took a hit 😂 still need to get a couple of cheeses and make the chilli bread tomorrow, then it’s time to have a mid week trial run of what I’m doing Xmas day 😆 specifically I’m looking forward to the cheddar and cider baking pot, I had it last year and it was very good so bought another in m@s today, then went to Lidl and found it there a couple of pounds cheaper, no idea which one I had and liked last year so will need to try both so I know what to buy next time 😬

Also posted a few parcels, took mum shopping, dyed my hair for holiday, sorted some washing, packed dh’s case and cooked a sausage and ale casserole with an awful lot of sweet potato in (we have loads of the things, not sure why!) for dh’s dinner later , if he ever comes home from work. Chucked in some butter beans and tinned mushrooms to bulk it out a bit so will have some for the freezer too. 

 

newgirly

Oops, I got distracted and came back to a deleted post 😩

Bake off night went really well, way more got eaten than I expected and the chilli bread ended up being better than ever after I accidentally tipped a ton of chilli flakes into the bm 😆 it really was an avalanche and after the chilli powder too, it gave son in law a sweaty brow but the rest of us loved it. As often happens we didn’t managed to actually see a lot of bake off due to the chat and banter that goes on when there a few of us here, so I’ll catch up today 😁

It’s my five month anniversary since the heart valve operation today, I’m feeling almost back to normal apart from the odd ache or pain around the collarbone and shoulder, amazing! I feel so very lucky getting it done so quickly, I know it would have got done through the nhs at some point but after reading the BHF forums I know that it can still take a while even if you are at the most serious level which I was. Just the initial consultation letter was something like five months after diagnosis, never mind when I would have got booked in for it which is crazy in such an urgent situation. There does seem quite a disparity with heart wait times and cancer pathways, I was seen on a two week cancer pathway a few years ago which was fantastic and was all clear, but what I had this time (dh was told by surgeon after op) would have untreated killed me in less than a year and is more deadly than most untreated cancers, so I really don’t understand why people are forced to wait so long for even the most basic of tests ☹️

Anyway on a lighter note I’m feeling quite thankful today and am also very much looking forward to the what feels  like long awaited moment of getting back on a cruise ship this weekend and just getting up really early getting a coffee and watching the waves from the top deck while there’s nobody around, I honestly feel like a kid on Xmas day 😬

julicorn

Hi newgirly! It's been an absolute age since I was active on this board, so I totally missed your operation! I'm so glad to hear you're recovering well, that must have been really difficult. 
Excited to hear about your chilli bread too!  

Jessy103

So glad you got sorted quickly, NG and that you are recovering well xxx

South_coast

Hope you have an amazing time, NG, with the breeze in your hair and a cup of coffee in your hand 🥰